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Jesse Owens
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprints and the long jump. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved...
Cathy Freeman
Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM (born 16 February 1973) is a former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit...
Carolina Klüft
Carolina Evelyn Klüft (Swedish pronunciation: [klʏft]) (born February 2, 1983) is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004. She is also a three-time...
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is a retired American athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon as well as in the women's long jump. She won three gold, one silver, and two bronze Olympic...
Hicham El Guerrouj
Hicham El Guerrouj "King of the Mile" (Moroccan Arabic: هشام الݣروج, born September 14, 1974, Berkane) is a Moroccan former middle distance runner. He is the current holder of the 1500 metres, mile and outdoor 2000 metres world records, as well as...
Archie Williams
Archibald ("Archie") Franklin Williams (May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993) was an African-American athlete and teacher, winner of 400 meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Born in Oakland, California, Archie Williams had one great year but he did more in...
Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE(Mil.) (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set...
Terrence Trammell
Terrence R. Trammell (born November 23, 1978 to Julie and Roger Trammell in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.) is a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as three silver...
Bernard Lagat
Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat (born December 12, 1974) is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.
Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya. Prior to his change of domicile to the USA, Lagat had an extensive competitive career representing his...
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Shawn Crawford
Shawn Crawford (born January 14, 1978) is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters.
Crawford holds the record...
Amy Acuff
Amy Lyn Acuff (born July 14, 1975, Port Arthur, Texas) is a track and field athlete from the United States. A high jump specialist, she competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field. Her best Olympic...
Adam Nelson
Adam Nelson (born July 7, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an elite American shotputter. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Nelson has competed in three Olympic Games. In 1996, Nelson worked at a concession stand during the...
Stefan Holm
Stefan Christian Holm (born 25 May 1976) is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships. His personal records are 2.37 m (7ft...
Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson (born 25 January 1980 in Gothenburg) is a former Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European...
Jeremy Wariner
Jeremy Mathew Wariner (born January 31, 1984, in Arlington, Texas) is an American track athlete specializing in the 400 meters. He has won four Olympic medals (three gold, one silver) and six World Championships medals. He is the third fastest...
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Angelo Taylor
Angelo F. Taylor (born December 29, 1978) is an American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Born in Albany, Georgia, Angelo Taylor studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology and won the NCAA title in 1998 and...
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Lauryn Williams
Lauryn Williams (born September 11, 1983 in Rochester, Pennsylvania) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was the gold medalist in the 100 meter dash at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...
Allyson Felix
Allyson Michelle Felix (born November 18, 1985) is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances. She is a two-time...
Sanya Richards
Sanya Richards-Ross (born February 26, 1985) is a Jamaican American track and field athlete who competes internationally for the United States. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4×400 meters relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, an...
Kerron Clement
Kerron Stephon Clement (born October 31, 1985) is Trinidadian-born track and field athlete who represents the United States and specializes in the 400-meter hurdles. He also competes in the 400-meter sprint and holds the indoor world record for the...
Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan (born March 20, 1974) is a middle distance runner from Canada. He was born in Brantford, Ontario.
Sullivan competed in 1000 metre, 1500 metre, and mile events and represented Canada. His personal best times are 3:31.71 for the 1500 ...
Miguel Pate
Miguel Pate (born June 13, 1979 in St. Francisville, Louisiana) is an American track and field athlete. His speciality is the long jump, although during his high school and collegiate career he also competed in the triple jump, high jump, 100 m, 200...
Emma Green
Emma Anna-Maria Green Tregaro (born 8 December 1984) is an athlete competing in high jump. She won a bronze medal in the event at the 2005 IAAF World Championships. She represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She finished 2nd at the 2010...
Bryan Clay
Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete. He is the reigning Olympic champion for the decathlon and was also World champion in 2005.
Clay was born in Austin, Texas and raised in Hawaii. He is Afro-Asian. His mother,...
Bershawn Jackson
Bershawn Jackson (born May 8, 1983 in Miami, Florida) is an American athlete, who mainly competes in the 400 m hurdles, but is also a capable 400 m runner.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Jackson won a bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles. He also has...
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Wallace Spearmon
Wallace Spearmon, Jr., (born December 24, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World...
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Brad Walker
Brad Walker (born June 21, 1981 in Aberdeen, South Dakota) is an American pole vaulter.
Walker attended University High School in Spokane, Washington and competed in football and track & field. In track, Walker was coached by Reg Hulbert and won All...
Tyler Christopher
Tyler Christopher (born October 3, 1983 in Chilliwack, British Columbia) is a Canadian sprinter who specializes in 400 meters. He is the Canadian record holder for the distance in both indoor and outdoor competition.
In 2004 he won the NACAC U23...
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Tyson Gay
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the...
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Deena Kastor
Deena Michelle Kastor (born Deena Michelle Drossin on February 14, 1973) is an American long-distance runner. She holds American records in the marathon, half-marathon, and numerous road distances. She won the bronze medal in the women's marathon at...
Muna Lee
This article is about the American athlete. For the Puerto Rico-based writer, see Muna Lee (writer).
Muna Lee (born October 30, 1981, Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American sprinter.
Lee won a gold medal as part of the Women's 4 x 100m relay team at...
Susanna Kallur
Susanna Elisabeth Kallur (Swedish pronunciation: [sɵˈsanːa ˈkalːɵr]) (born February 16, 1981) is a Swedish athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the...
Torri Edwards
Torri Edwards (born January 31, 1977) is an American sprinter. She was a rising young star in 100 and 200 metres, winning an Olympic medal in 4×100 metres relay in 2000. In 2003 she won six medals in major international competitions, including one...
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi (born September 8, 1980 in Muduluni, Limpopo Province) is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics...
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Dathan Ritzenhein
Dathan Ritzenhein (born December 30, 1982 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American long-distance runner. He held the American record in the 5,000 metres (12:56.27) from 2009–10, when it was broken by Bernard Lagat. He is a three-time national cross...
Adam Goucher
Adam Goucher (born February 18, 1975) is a retired American cross-country and track and field athlete. He primarily competed in distance events and is featured in Running With The Buffaloes, a book revolving around the 1998 season of the University...
Rui Silva
Rui Silva (born August 3, 1977) is a Portuguese track and field athlete, who represents Sporting Clube de Portugal. As a distance runner, he specializes at the 1500 and 3000 m events, although he has at times run the 800 metres as well. He is the...
Kerryn McCann
Kerryn McCann (2 May 1967 – 8 December 2008) was an Australian athlete. She was best known for winning the marathon at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
McCann was born Kerryn Hindmarsh in Bulli, New South Wales, in 1967.
In 1991 she married...
Chris Huffins
Chris Huffins (born 15 April 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an athlete from the United States who competed in the field of Decathlon. He was the Director and Head Coach of the Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country programs at the...
Usain Bolt
The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. ( /ˈjuːseɪn/; born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and...
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Ryan Hall
Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982 in Big Bear Lake, California) is an American long distance runner. He won the marathon at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and placed tenth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing. He holds the U.S. record in the...
Reese Hoffa
Reese Hoffa (born October 8, 1977 in Evans, Georgia) is an American shot putter. Reese won the shot put in the 2006 World Indoor Track and Field Championships in Moscow, Russia. As of 2007, his personal bests stand at 22.11 m (72' 6.25") indoor and...
Isaac Songok
Isaac Kiprono Songok (born 25 April 1984 in Kaptel, Nandi District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
He went St. Patrick's High School in Iten, famous for producing runners.
In 2001 he set a new 2000 m World Junior Record (4:56.86) in Berlin and...
Christian Cantwell
Christian Cantwell (born September 30, 1980 in Jefferson City, Missouri) is a World Champion American shot putter. As of 2008 he is 6' 5" tall and weighs 300 or 335 lbs .
Cantwell's personal best throw is 22.54 metres, or 73 ft 11½ in, set in...
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman (born 2 November 1982) is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events.
Wissman won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships in...
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Timothy Kiptanui
Timothy Kiptanui Too (born 5 January 1980 in Kakiptui) is a Kenyan 1500 metres runner who finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics. His personal best over 1500 m of 3:30.04 minutes, achieved in 2004, was the third best time in the world that...
Galen Rupp
Galen Rupp (born May 8, 1986 in Portland, Oregon) is an American cross-country and track and field athlete, who competed for the University of Oregon and currently trains under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Oregon Track Club. Rupp competed for...
Kamal Boulahfane
Kamal Boulahfane (born 1 July 1976) is an Algerian runner, who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Djimla.
Gary Reed
Gary Reed (born 25 October 1981) is a Canadian retired middle distance runner. He currently holds the Canadian record in the 800 metre run with a time of 1:43.68. On September 2, 2007, he won the silver medal in the 2007 World Championships in...
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Nathan Brannen
Nathan ("Nate") Brannen (born 8 September 1982) is a Canadian middle distance runner.
Brannen was born in Cambridge, Ontario. He is affiliated with the Tri City Track Club.
He holds a personal best in the 800m of 1:46:00.
Kara Goucher
Kara Goucher (born Kara Grgas on July 9, 1978) is an American long-distance runner. She was the 10,000 meters bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and represented her country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She made her...
LoLo Jones
Lori "Lolo" Jones, more commonly known as Lolo Jones, (born August 5, 1982) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 60 and 100 meter hurdles. She won three NCAA titles and garnered 11 All-American honors while at LSU. She won...
LaShawn Merritt
LaShawn Merritt (born June 27, 1986) is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 meters. He is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.75 seconds makes him the...
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Rodney Martin
Rodney Martin (born 22 December 1982) is an American sprinter. Martin is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada. Martin was a state record holder in track and field. He attended Western High School, where he played football and ran track. He graduated with...
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Jennifer Stuczynski
Jennifer "Jenn" Suhr (née Stuczynski) (born February 5, 1982) is the #1 ranked women's pole vaulter in the World as of 2012 and is coached by her husband Rick Suhr. In the last 2 years, Suhr has jumped the 3 highest marks in the World. She has been...
Tom Pappas
Tom Pappas (born September 6, 1976 in Azalea, Oregon) is an American track & field decathlete.
Pappas won the gold medal at the 2003 World Championships held outside Paris, France, and was rated number 1 in the world that year by Track & Field News....
Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan (born July 8, 1981 in Boulder, Colorado) is an American long-distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m (indoor), 5000 m (indoor), and 10,000 m. She won the bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics in the...
Walter Dix
Walter Dix (born January 31, 1986) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the fourth fastest 200 m runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 m with a best of 9...
Brian Sell
Brian Sell is a retired American marathoner and distance runner (born April 11, 1978) who trained with the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. He attended Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, where he ran on the Saint Francis University...
Funmi Jimoh
Oluwafunmilayo Kemi Jimoh, commonly known as Funmi Jimoh, (born May 29, 1984 in Seattle, Washington) is an American long jumper, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Jimoh competed for Rice University. At Rice, Jimoh competed in both the long...
